Malos wakes up not much longer after Anna does, truthfully. He's worried for about half a second about where the fuck everyone is-- only Nia's still around, asleep-- but Lloyd's ether signature is still nearby, and a glance in its direction shows Malos that Lloyd's chilling up in a nearby tree. Sheena's up there with him. You know what? Valid.

Kratos and Zelos' ether signatures are farther away, but still nearby. Same direction the tug in his core crystal tells him Anna is. After a few minutes, which Malos spends rolling up his bedroll and also Anna's, Zelos' ether signature aproaches, and the emotion bleed gets...

Oh. Yeah, that. It was about time for that, huh.

Malos cuts himself off from it, not wanting to feel all of Anna's frustration and guilt right now, especially considering Zelos is in sight now and there's something Malos wanted to talk to him about.

"Hey, Zelos!" he calls, sending the Aegis a smile. Zelos looks like he's uncomfortable about something, but Malos presses on, anyway. It's good news he wants to share, and like, who wouldn't be uncomfortable if they'd just had to excuse themselves from a married couple's argument. "Listen, I wanted to thank you for earlier. Saving Anna's life, getting us out of there... You were incredible, y'know? So, really. Thank you."